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L&K Legacy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$159k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$137kPhilanthropy$118kHuman Services$70kYouth Development$58kEducation$16kHealth$10kArts & Culture$5kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Christian Foundation$100,000
West Nashville Dream Center$13,740
Franklin Road Academy Inc$5,524
Corner to Corner$5,175
Unmanageable$5,166
BeWell In School$5,000
Fisk University$5,000
Street Works$5,000
Healing Minds and Souls$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,676
Goudeaux Family Foundation$4,500
Freedom in Christ Ministries$518
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Bridge Academy Community Center: $20k → 6%COMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S: $3k → 6%Corner to Corner: $5k → 14%West Nashville Dream Center: $25k → 14%West Nashville Dream Center: $14k → 14%WEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $2k → 14%WEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$67k · 3 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +316% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
16

Total granted

$67k
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+316%
+44%

Still filing today

67%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationReligionArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WN
    WEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER
    4× · 2019–2024 · $42k · revenue +316%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    4× · 2021–2024 · $14k
  • FR
    FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • BW
    Bethel World Outreach Church
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • NA
    NEXLEGACY ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $32k
  • MO
    MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +44%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Do Right Chrisitian Center

Our mission at Do Right Christian Church is to transform lives and communities

Religion
2
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
3
Impact Campus Ministries

To plant campus ministries to encourage students to accept jesus christ as lord and savior, to connect college students with god and establish them in christ's church, and to work in teams to pursue, model, and teach intimacy with god…

Education
4
Hope Street Ministry Inc

Hope street provides housing and healing to men, women, and children whose lives have been profoundly affected by the toxic environment they grew up in, their own choices, or drug and alcohol abuse. empowered by the active grace of christ,…

Health
5
NETwork Ministries Inc

Our mission is to share the love of Christ with those who are most vulnerable in our community. We especially seek to equip children and young adults with the skills necessary for spiritual growth, academic achievement, life management,…

Human Services
6
Timothy Initiative Ministries Inc

We serve men whose lives have fallen apart due to addiction, homelessness, or some other major life challenge. We provide discipleship, recovery homes, sober living communities, and work therapy.

Human Services
7
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
8
Redemption Road Ministries

Redemption road provides housing, re-entry and transition services for men and women coming out of the criminal justice system. the mission is to provide to provide christ centered, bible based recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, damaged…

Religion
9
Redeemed & Restored

Our mission is simple yet profound, changing lives through christ. we want to help individuals come to christ, being redeemed by his blood and restored and transformed by his word. our goal is to assist individuals struggling with…

Health
10
Firm Foundation in Christ Ministries Inc

FFICM helps new believers build a firm foundation for their faith based on a strong relationship with Christ. FFICM programs teach how to follow up with new believers and enable them to have a strong relationship with Christ.

Religion
11
Christian Counseling & Training Center Inc

Provide counseling through assessments and counseling sessions. provided training program to churches and individuals.increase outreach in the community through social media and the web.

—
12
Unpack Incorporated

Unpack is a two-tiered approach to help women unpack the pain of their pasts as well as help them on the road to residency where they can unpack their things and make a home for themselves and their children. we work with single women…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Nashville Dream Center; the most unlike its peers is Healing Minds and Souls. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
8/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bethel World Outreach Church: $100,000 · OtherBethel World Outreach ChurchNEXLEGACY ASSOCIATION INC: $32,000 · OtherNEXLEGACY ASSOCIATION INCBethel: $20,000 · OtherBethelIndividual grant recipient: $14,076 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE POTTERS HOUSE AT ONE LA: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $29,033 · Other+9 moreNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION…IMPACTASSETSINC: $13,700 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINCGOUDEAUX FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,500 · PhilanthropyWEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $42,090 · Human ServicesWEST NASHVILLE DR…BRIDGE ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE ACADEMY AN…Corner To Corner: $5,175 · Human ServicesCorner To CornerCOMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $2,500 · Human ServicesMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $25,000 · Religion+1 more: $518 · ReligionFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $10,524 · EducationFISK UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationHealing Minds and Souls: $5,000 · HealthSTREET WORKS INC: $5,000 · HealthUNMANAGEABLE: $5,166 · Arts & Culture
Other$215,109Philanthropy$118,200Human Services$69,765Religion$25,518Education$15,524Health$10,000Arts & Culture$5,166

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $42,090 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $13,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $10,524 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCorner To Corner: $5,175 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNMANAGEABLE: $5,166 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHealing Minds and Souls: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSTREET WORKS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEN OF VALOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFISK UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeWell in School: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGOUDEAUX FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIDEONS ARMY GRASSROOTS ARMY FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREEDOM IN CHRIST MINISTRIES: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Healing Trust For…The Frist FoundationUnited Way of Middle …Dettwiller FoundationEast Tennessee Founda…Servant FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization L&K Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from L&K Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to L&K Legacy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to L&K Legacy Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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